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I'm originally from Brazil, living in the Chicago area, working with computers by day and playing flute, saxophone and mandolin as often as i can get away with it. Humbled follower of Jesus Christ. Feminist. Black Lives Matter. Democracy is better than the alternatives.

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20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers.

19/20

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@riggbeck @bookstodon yeah!

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Having lived on another planet most of my life, I just started reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about which I knew very little. It seems to be a stinging critique of capitalism. Haven't met the vile Mr Wonka yet, but I'm sure I'll hate him and his dubious employment practices.

No spoilers, please.

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@riggbeck @bookstodon Read Matilda too. And the BFG. There's also a sequel to Charlie which is also very good.

Roald Dahl wrote so much good stuff.

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Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

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X Thousand Years of Solitude (I forget how many 🙂)

Johnny Mnemonic

The Minority Report

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From the book that made me the rabid sci-fi fan I am.

“To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
―Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

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@franciscawrites @bookstodon I'm reading a short story connection called The Birthday of the World, which revisits that world and visits a few others. I'm amazed by the quality of every single story. She really was a powerhouse.

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Warning, lots of sexual content, as many of the stories address gender. Not cringy.

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From one of my all time favorite books:

“Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.”
― Ursula K. LeGuin, The Tombs of Atuan.

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@franciscawrites @bookstodon also known as "Will Gede Ever Show Up?" 🙂

Listening to it with my daughter in our car trips!

glauber ,
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@franciscawrites @bookstodon and in my solitary car trips, listening to The Birthday of the World, which, also, wow! 😯

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@franciscawrites @bookstodon 🙂

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